No episode this week, but Mickey's stopping by to give you a preview of next week's episode!

It's just the core gang this week.  We're playing some catchup, we find out about the most disgusting thing Brandon's ever eaten, and talk about some movies like the Canterville Ghost and Eighth Grade.  Then we discuss some of the hottest new trailers and play a few rounds of 'Beat Shazam'.

We're joined by a murderer's row of guests to celebrate the movies we've covered on the show over the last year! There are laughs, thrills, music and more as we dole out awards to some of the greatest films of all time!

Our cast, in alphabetical order:

Mr. Belluscio

Chris Beanan

Jessica Chang

Kriss & Amanda of Death N Taxes

Clark Little of the Overlook Hour 

Luke of Premiere Quest

Joey Perotti of the Top Five5 Podcast

the John Seeterlin Experience 

Lindsay Welch

Brandon's out again, but we're joined once again by Clark Little, and he's brought with him Overlook Hour engineer Randy Staat - who also happens to be the founding member of the excellent post-punk band Opinions.

We've got reviews of Three Identical Strangers, Sorry To Bother You, and Skyscraper, as well as late to the party takes on the Founder, Icarus, and the King of Marvin Gardens.

Finally, we take a deep dive into the extremely influential heist film Rififi.

We've got reviews of Ant-Man & the Wasp and Ken Burns's documentary the Roosevelts, as well as a couple reimaginings of the Three Amigos.

Then we dig into the Mission: Impossible series, asking the important questions like "does Tom Cruise like music?" and "does Tom Cruise get scared?" with the ultimate goal of deciding which film in the series is TOP CRUISE.

and hey, don't forget to make your voice heard in the Three Friends Awards!  VOTE HERE!

Brandon couldn't be here this week, but we're joined again by Jim Garcia of St. Francis & the Wolf and Clark Little of the Overlook Hour Podcast for a super-sized monstersode!

We've got reviews of Won't You Be My Neighbor, En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day,) and Uncle Drew.  There's a fair bit of condiment shaming before we finally get into an uncharacteristically thorough discussion of the recent horror favorite Hereditary.

Don't forget to vote in the Three Friends awards at thethreefriends.

It's our one year anniversary spectacular and Chris joins us live in studio for the first time!  We finally announce the nominees for the Three Friends Awards (vote at thethreefriends.com) talk about Coco, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and our favorite Disney soundtracks.

Finally we have a discussion about Shane Black's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which may or may not stand the test of time.  Listen to find out!

Remember to vote at thethreefriends.com!

Brandon's out of town but the rest of the gang is joined by our friend Jim, bassist of St. Francis & the Wolf.

Alberto and Jim were scared out of their pants by Hereditary, Mickey's got reviews of Incredible 2 and Tag, and Chris brings Netflix's Evil Genius to the table.  We also talk about what celebrities people say we look like.

Finally we get into a lively, tangent and diversion filled discussion of the Beatles landmark first film, A Hard Day's Night.

On this week's episode each friend has nominated a Tom Cruise film from the 80s and, with the help of Chris, we set out to decide which will be named the TOP CRUISE film of the decade.

Will it be Mickey's pick - Legend?  Brandon's Top Gun?  Alberto's Cocktail?

Maybe TOP CRUISE is you.

VOTE IN THE THREE FRIENDS AWARDS AT thethreefriends.com

New Zealand and America collide when we're joined in studio by Luke, co-host of the Pacific Rim/House Boat Vacation Podcast, Premiere Quest.

Reviews of Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For the Rest of Your Life, First Reformed,  Action Point, Upgrade and the Mighty Boosh.

Finally, we talk Taika Waititi's Boy, a wonderful, hilarious, heartbreaking coming of age story and one of New Zealand's most successful film